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Growers must also pay close attention to the costs of doing business on the farm. As costs of inputs such as fuel and fertilizers continue to increase, growers must find new ways to increase efficiency and help consumers understand the value of their products. By keeping costs under control and selling product at a fair price, growers are able to expand the industry in New York.
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January 2019 Grants for Farmers (powerpoint presentation)
Elizabeth Higgins, Business Management Specialist
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture
The PowerPoint file and link to the YouTube video of the January 2019 Grants for Farmers Webinar
Heroin and Opioid Addiction and Rural America
Maire Ullrich, Vegetable Specialist
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture
The heroin and opioid epidemic has spread across the country in the last decade, and overdose deaths in rural areas are now surpassing those in urban areas. Access to prevention, treatment, and support services are typically lacking in rural or farming communities, leading to untreated addiction and increased overdose deaths. Additionally, recent reports show that those who work in occupations with higher rates of injury (farming, construction, roofing, etc.) where workers are less able to take time off to heal are more likely to medicate acute or chronic pain symptoms with opioids, leading to increased likelihood of addiction (MADPH, 2018).
Move from Good to Great in Ag Labor Management This Season
Elizabeth Higgins, Business Management Specialist
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture
As a fruit and vegetable farmer, labor is one of your most important resources but being a manager also exposes you to risks. To help prepare you for the 2019 growing season, the Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team, in collaboration with the Cornell Small Farms Program and the Cornell Ag Workforce Development Program and the Cornell Farmworker Program, is offering many opportunities for farmers and farm managers to improve their skills and gain important information in labor management this winter.
More Business Content
Technical Assistance Grant for Hiring and Managing Ag Employees
Supplemental Coverage Options for Apples
Starting A Farm Business Resource Sheet
Farmers Market Directory of the Region
Get into eCommerce with FreshFoodNY
Eight Farm Management Tips for the 2018 Season
How to Grow Better Workers - Eight Farm Management Tips for the 2018 Season
Making the Leap to Owner-Operator: Are you Labor Ready?
Supervising Seasonal and Temporary Workers: Special Considerations
Guide on How to Purchase at the NYS Produce Auctions
Grape Insurance
Its time to buy apple insurance 2017
2017 NENY & VT Winter Grape School Presentations
Crop Insurance for Grape Growers
Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
2017 Winter Tree Fruit School Presentations
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Upcoming Events
Precision Pruning for Apple Crop Load Management
January 30, 2020
Plattsburgh, NY
Crop load management begins well ahead of petal fall! Join Mike Basedow as he reviews preliminary results from the 2019 Champlain Valley precision pruning trials and offers some suggestions on how commercial orchards can incorporate these principles into their own pruning program heading into the 2020 growing season.
High Tunnel Tomato Production Farmer to Farmer Workshop-Poughkeepsie
February 4, 2020
Poughkeepsie, NY
Join us for a day-long program featuring grower presentations, small group discussions and demonstrations, and extension presentations focused on a number of production topics. These will include fertility management, injection systems, grafting, variety selection, pruning, trellising systems, pest and disease management, and more!
High Tunnel Tomato Production Farmer to Farmer Workshop-Saratoga
February 6, 2020
Saratoga Springs, NY
Join us for a day-long program featuring grower presentations, small group discussions and demonstrations, and extension presentations focused on a number of production topics. These will include fertility management, injection systems, grafting, variety selection, pruning, trellising systems, pest and disease management, and more.